Bridging the academic and practice/policy gap in public health: perspectives from Scotland and Canada

J McAteer; E Di Ruggiero; A Fraser; J W Frank

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdy127

Bridging the academic and practice/policy gap in public health: perspectives from Scotland and Canada

J Public Health (Oxf). 2019 Sep 30;41(3):632-637. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy127.

Authors

J McAteer¹, E Di Ruggiero², A Fraser³, J W Frank⁴

Affiliations

¹ Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Suite 408 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Public Health Science, NHS Health Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburghx, UK.
⁴ The Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK.

Abstract

This article presents a critical commentary of specific organizational models and practices for bridging 'the gap' between public health research and policy and practice. The authors draw on personal experiences of such models in addition to the wider knowledge translation and exchange literature to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses as implemented in Scotland and Canada since the early 1990s.

Keywords: organizations; public health; research.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Canada
Health Policy*
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations*
Interprofessional Relations
Public Health
Public Health Practice*
Scotland
Translational Research, Biomedical*
Universities

Grants and funding

MR/K023209/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom